This week it was announced by industry trade body RenewableUK that the month of February 2014 had seen several wind power records being broken. The announcement followed the publication of electricity generation statistics for February by the National Grid. Despite … Continue reading →

Last week a report published by the Imperial College revealed that the operational lifespan of wind turbines may be longer than had been previously believed. The new study demonstrates that wind turbines remain productive in generating electricity for at least … Continue reading →

This week air traffic services company National Air Traffic Services (NATS) announced that it had signed an agreement with two large-scale onshore wind energy developers which could open up a large section of the South of Scotland and the North … Continue reading →

This week the UK Government has been accused of putting British manufacturing at risk and putting more pressure on the British farming industry by slashing feed-in tariff payments for small and medium scale wind turbine developments by 20%. The 20% … Continue reading →

Yesterday the Department of Energy and Climate Change published it’s eight quarterly public attitudes survey. The survey is carried out every three months to monitor the public’s attitudes to the government’s energy policies. Face to face interviews were carried out at … Continue reading →

This week it was announced by Google that they had taken another step towards their aim of deriving all of their power from renewable sources. The tech giant has just announced the purchase of four onshore wind farms in Sweden. … Continue reading →

2013 was a good year for Intelligent Land Investments (Renewable Energy). A good year for us and a good year for others. For the landowners and farmers across Scotland that we are gaining planning approval for, allowing them access to … Continue reading →

Last week, industry trade body Scottish Renewables announced that it had been in contact with the National Grid to request more balance in it’s reporting of constraint payments to wind turbine developers. Constraint payments are payments made to energy generators … Continue reading →

Last week it was announced by industry trade body RenewableUK that the month of December 2013 had seen several wind power records being broken. The announcement followed the publication of electricity generation statistics for December by the National Grid. Despite … Continue reading →

This week industry trade body RenewableUK published new research on the subject of wind energy acoustics. The study was produced to explore the issue of Other Amplitude Modulation’ – this is a phenomenon which affects a small minority of wind … Continue reading →